Thrawn4
2016-01-20, 05:26 AM
Hi everyone.
Just some thoughts I would like to share.
I propose the theory that subgenre campaigns are much more difficult to run than ordinary ones.
By subgenre I mean certain mission types, e. g. a campaign that focusses only on investigation, court intrigue, battle and so on. One example that comes to my mind is Cthulhu, which offers the right setting for certain ideas like investigation, but does not work well with epic battles.
If you look at a generic fantasy (or sci-fi or what have you) rpg, you can vary the mission types / subgenres easily. It is no problem to have an adventure about court intrigues, than another one on dungeon crawling, survival horror, a marvellous heist and so on.
While it is possible to have a campaign within a certain subgenre, it is more difficult because you have to come up with similar themes that are still different enough to not feel like a copy.
I realize that certain groups might strictly favour certain subgenres, but I also think that these are a minority, which might also be the reason for the dominance of broader genres.
Just some thoughts I would like to share.
I propose the theory that subgenre campaigns are much more difficult to run than ordinary ones.
By subgenre I mean certain mission types, e. g. a campaign that focusses only on investigation, court intrigue, battle and so on. One example that comes to my mind is Cthulhu, which offers the right setting for certain ideas like investigation, but does not work well with epic battles.
If you look at a generic fantasy (or sci-fi or what have you) rpg, you can vary the mission types / subgenres easily. It is no problem to have an adventure about court intrigues, than another one on dungeon crawling, survival horror, a marvellous heist and so on.
While it is possible to have a campaign within a certain subgenre, it is more difficult because you have to come up with similar themes that are still different enough to not feel like a copy.
I realize that certain groups might strictly favour certain subgenres, but I also think that these are a minority, which might also be the reason for the dominance of broader genres.